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<blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 9393396" data-attributes="member: 7635">People annoyed by the Enshitification of commerce. Film at 11.You know why things get enshitifed? Because we let them. We use Spotify instead of buying vinyl. We watch Netflix instead of getting the BluRay (or, gasp, seeing it in the theatre). We pay premium for no Ads on our favorite websites and services. We buy the fast pass/Genie+ on our summer vacations. We pre-order products without release dates, Kickstart products we can't confirm will ever be made, fight scalpers for concert tickets and game stations and then buy from them when we can't beat their bots. We get drop shipped crap from Temu that we wouldn't buy from a flea market in real life and by tech products every two years due to built in obsolescence and inability to update/repair them.&nbsp; And we gladly do it all because of fomo, convenience and clout. You do it. I do it. We all do it. And they know it. We decided convenience is worth the price and they have obliged by raising the price. You're really shocked WotC is doing this? They're late to the game. And this is all rather benign: people were trying to get rich off of procedurally generated monkey jpegs.This is just a symptom of the whole rot late stage capitalism has brought. Either prepare to amputate the gangrenous limb or enjoy the time you still have left. Me? I have some books on pre-order.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Remathilis, post: 9393396, member: 7635"] People annoyed by the Enshitification of commerce. Film at 11. You know why things get enshitifed? Because we let them. We use Spotify instead of buying vinyl. We watch Netflix instead of getting the BluRay (or, gasp, seeing it in the theatre). We pay premium for no Ads on our favorite websites and services. We buy the fast pass/Genie+ on our summer vacations. We pre-order products without release dates, Kickstart products we can't confirm will ever be made, fight scalpers for concert tickets and game stations and then buy from them when we can't beat their bots. We get drop shipped crap from Temu that we wouldn't buy from a flea market in real life and by tech products every two years due to built in obsolescence and inability to update/repair them. And we gladly do it all because of fomo, convenience and clout. You do it. I do it. We all do it. And they know it. We decided convenience is worth the price and they have obliged by raising the price. You're really shocked WotC is doing this? They're late to the game. And this is all rather benign: people were trying to get rich off of procedurally generated monkey jpegs. This is just a symptom of the whole rot late stage capitalism has brought. Either prepare to amputate the gangrenous limb or enjoy the time you still have left. Me? I have some books on pre-order. [/QUOTE]

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